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My exotic accent

El Salvador

Economics and business

Investigations agency

MA in Criminology

Crime analyst for the police

Crime analyst for the AG

PhD at SFU

2nd semester as an assistant professor at UFV

Interview a classmate

• Grab pen and paper
• On the other side of the room
• Ask the following questions:
  • What is your name?
  • Where are you from?
  • What year are you?
  • What is your major?
  • Report back

Intro to sociological explanations of crime and deviance

• Most criminological theories take a sociological approach
• How social context influences people’s likelihood to engage in crime

Evaluation

• Midterm exam (25%)
• Final exam (25%)
• Weekly in-class questions (10%)
• Attendance and participation (10%)
• Theory Assignment (30%)

Schedule

Exams (25% each)

• All multiple choice and true/false
• Written in class
• Final is not cumulative

Weekly in-class questions (10%)

• 9 lectures with in-class questions (1 point per lecture)
  • 1 pt/lecture = 9 points
• All students are automatically awarded 1 point
  • 1 point subtracted per missed lecture
• Written answers to test grasp of reading assignments

Attendance and participation (10%)

• Stay for entire lecture
• Quality of contributions to class discussion
• Effort in class exercises
• Scholarly and non-disruption behaviour

Theory Assignment (30%)

• Prepare a theory-informed Public Service Announcement (PSA) about a crime-related issue
• Five graded tasks submitted throughout course
• Virtual presentation
• Instructions next week

Extensions and Absences

• Exceptional AND unanticipated circumstances
  • Beyond anyone’s control
  • Significantly affect capability to comply with deadline/attendance
• What is not exception or unanticipated?
  • Too many assignments
  • A wedding
  • Work commitments
  • A cold, etc.

In case of exception + unanticipated circumstances

• Contact me ASAP
• Gather and provide adequate documentation

How can you contact me?

• Book an appointment (Mondays)
• Email me (if you can’t come on Mondays)
  • Allow 48 hours for response
  • Email not checked evenings, weekends, or holidays

Which emails have a lower chances of being replied?

• Question already answered in course material or UFV website
• Not sent from UFV email
• Student name and id number not included
• Course number and section not included
• Unprofessional, impolite, and discourteous emails

Use of mobile phones, tablets, laptops

• Laptops/tablets for taking notes only
• Phones have to be stored away and set to silent mode
• Not allowed during exams

Recording, Sharing and Selling Lectures, Lecture Notes and Course Material

• You are not authorized to record or photograph my lectures
• You are not authorized to sell or post lectures or notes
• We must abide by Canada’s Copyright Act and UFV’s copyright policies

You are expected to:

• Attend and participate in lecture
• Be on time
• Behave in a professional and scholarly manner
• Take notes
• Complete reading assignments
• Submit assignments on time

student services at UFV

• A list of services for students can be found at http://www.ufv.ca/studentservices.htm
• Students with documented disabilities requiring academic and/or exam accommodation should contact Centre for Accessibility Services (https://www.ufv.ca/accessibility/)